Sleeping doll&#39;s head



Dec. 30. 1924.

A. COHN SLEEPING DOLLS HEAD Filed April 19, 1923 Patented i 30, 1924.

SLEEPING DOLLS H.

Application filed April 19, 1923. Serial No. 633,179.

To all wiwm it may concern: Be it known that 1, Anton Conn, a o1t1- zenof the United States'of America, and

resident of 161 Queen Street East, in the city of Toronto, Province ofOntario, -D ominion of Canada, have invented certaln new and usefulImprovements in Sleeping Dolls Heads, do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

The invention relates to new and useful improvements in sleeping dollshead as described in the present specification and shown. in theaccompanying drawing that forms part of the same.

The invention appertains more particularly to mechanism for opening andclosing a dolls eyes, which eyes are floatingly mounted and resilientlydisposed in their sockets thus permitting smooth movement of the eyesand acting as a guard against breakage or displacement in the event ofthe dolls user putting their finger into the eye socket as is frequentlydone by children when playing with their dolls.

The objects of the invention are primarily to provide interiormechanical parts of. a sleeping dolls head that can be fitted into thehead without any attachment in adhesive or other formof connection,thereby eliminating considerable labour in the manufacture thereof.Contraction and expansion, due to atmospheric conditions, of thematerial from which the head is made, is

furthermore accommodated b the resiliency of its interior mechanism thuspreventing adhesion between the eye-balls and their sockets asfrequently occurs in sleeping dolls of conventional construction.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of the dolls headillustrating the mechanism therein.

Figure 2 is a front view of the mechanism removed from the head.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figureof the drawlieferring to the drawing, 1 designates a dolls head ofconventional construction with the usual crown aperture over which thehair is borne.

2 are a pair of spherical eyes adapted upon oscillation to represent theclosing and opening of the natural eye.

The eyes are spaced a distance apart equivalent to their sockets by asupporting shaft 3 to which theyare centrally afiixed, said shaftconstituting the axis about which the said eyes rotate.

4 is a bridge comprising a curved float bar adapted to bridge the frontand rear portions of the head and is provided with prongs 5 and 6integral or .secured to" the opposing extremities thereof engageable inindenture in said-head provided for the purpose of their location andsecuration. I

The bridge bar is bent rearwardly for a short distance as. at 7 andthereupon bent upwardly abruptly as at 8 for about an equal distance,thus forming a slot receptive to said shaft 3 and a spring support.Positioned in advance of the end of said slot is a projection 9 formedby an indenture in the bar, or otherwise constructed as may be founddesirable. Said shaft is inserted in the slot by spreading samesuficiently to permit of 1ts passing the projection therein, whereuponthe slot is closed and the shaft held therein, the said projectionacting as a stop to limit its movement rearwardly.

10 is a spring aflixed to the terminus of the portion 8 of the bridge,comprising curved arms adapted to exert an outward pressure upon theshaft 3, thereby efiecting the retention of the eyeballs in theirsockets. 1]. are converging rods depending from the eyes, to which isaffixed a resilient pendulum 12 whereby the eyes are actuated.

It will be manifest that to place the eyeballs. together with theiraccompanyin mechanism in position within the dolls hea it is merelynecessary to engage the prongs 5 in the provided'indenture and thendispose the tongue 6 in the indenture situated at the rear of the head,at the same the curvature of the bridge in order to embed the prongsfirmly within the head.

What I claim is e 1. In a sleeping dolls head, a bridge comprising acurved bar adapted to span the front and rear of the head interior,prongs projecting from the opposing extremities of said bar, said prongsbeing adapted to be embedded in the walls of the head by elongation ofthe bar through straightening of its curvature; a pair of spring-pressedeyes floatingly supported upon said bar, and a endulum actuating theopening and closmg thereof.

2. In a sleepin dolls head, a bridge comprising a curve bar ada ted tospan the front and rear of the head interior, prongs time adapting r llOprojecting from the opposing extremities of said bar, said prongs beingadapted to fit in indentures within the head by elongation of the barthrough straightening of its curvature; a pair of spring-pressed eyesfloatingly supported upon said bar, and a pendulum actuating the openingand closing thereof.

3. In a sleeping dolls head, a bridge comprising a curved resilient baradapted to span the front and rear of the head interior, prongsprojecting from the opposing extremities of said bar, said prongs beingadapted to be embedded in the walls of the head by elongation of the barthrough straightening of its curvature; a pair of eyes fioatinglysupported upon the bar, a wire spring rigidly afiixed to such bar andengaging said eyes to retain them in their sockets, and a pendulumactuating the opening and closing thereof.

4. In a sleeping dolls head, a bridge comprising a curved resilient baradapted to span the front and rear of the head interior, the frontal endof said bar being bent rearwardly forming a slot and thereupon bentupwardly forming a spring support, prongs projecting from the opposingextremities of said bar, said prongs being adapted to be embedded in thewalls of thehead by elongation of the bar through straightening of itscurvature, a shaft mounted in the aforesaid slot carrying sphericaleyes, a spring aflixed to the support having arms exerting pressure uponsaid shaft to ur e the eyes into their sockets, and a pendu um actuatingthe opening and. closing of the .said eyes.

5. In a sleeping dolls head, a bridge comprising a curved bar adapted tospan the front and rear of the head interior, means to fix the ends ofsaid bar against the interior of the dolls head by elongation of the barthrough straightening of its curvature, a pair of eyes rotatablysupported on said bar and a pendulum actuating said eyes to simulate theopening and closing thereof.

Signed at Toronto, Ontario, Canada, this sixteenth day of April, 1923. I

AARON COHX. Witnesses:

WmFRnn H. WARSDEN, F. O. BROMLEY.

